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Education:

• PhDÌýNorthwestern University (2016)
• MSÌýLouisiana State University (2012)
• BSÌýZhejiang University (2010)

Professional Affiliations:

• Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE
• Unsaturated Soils of ASCE
• ARMA

Research Interests:

• Constitutive modeling of geomaterials (soil, rock) interacting with environmental factors (adsorption, dissolution, elevated temperature)
• Micromechanics of granular materials
• Unsaturated soil behaviors
• Numerical modeling in geotechnical engineering and energy geotechnics

Honors and Distinctions:

• NSF CAREER awardÌý(2023)
• ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Early Career Research Award (2022)
• American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) Future Leaders (2021)

Latest Publications:

Publication in refereed journals

• ÌýWen, Y.,Zhang, Y.^Ìý*Ìý(2024) Fabric-based jamming phase diagram for frictional granular materials. Soft Matter 20, 3175-3190, DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01277H.

• Wang, Y.,ÌýZhang, Y.^Ìý*Ìý(2023) Effect of relative humidity on the creep rate of rock salts at low stress regime. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 56(12), 8711-8721, DOI: 10.1007/s00603-023-03518-6.
• Nakagawa, S.^*,ÌýZhang, Y., Eskandari-Ghadi, M., Vasco, D.W. (2022) Corrections of Double-Torsion (DT) subcritical crack growth tests for crack profile geometry. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 124, 103752, DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2023.103752.
• Eskandari-Ghadi, M., Hang, D., Nakagawa, S., Pride, S., Gilbert, B.,ÌýZhang, Y.^*Ìý(2022) The role of surface forces in environment-enhanced cracking of brittle solids. Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids 172, p.105162, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2022.105162.
• Hu, Z., Yang, Z.X., Guo, N.^*,ÌýZhang, Y.(2022) Multiscale modeling of seepage-induced suffusion and slope failure using a coupled FEM–DEM approach, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 398, p. 115177, DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2022.115177
• Sisodiya, M.,ÌýZhang, Y.^*Ìý(2022) A directional microcrack damage theory for brittle solids based on continuous hyperplasticity. International Journal of Damage Mechanics 31(9), 1320-1348, DOI:10.1177/10567895221095890.
• Eskandari-Ghadi, M.,ÌýZhang, Y.^*Ìý(2022) Effect of pore size distribution on sorption-induced deformation of porous materials: A theoretical study. International Journal of Solids and Structures 242. 111533, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2022.111533.
• Wen, Y.,ÌýZhang, Y.^*Ìý(2022) Relation between void ratio and contact fabric of granular soils. Acta Geotechnica 17, 4297–4312, DOI: 10.1007/s11440-022-01507-7.
• Sisodiya, M.,ÌýZhang, Y.^*Ìý(2021) A time-dependent directional damage theory for brittle rocks considering the kinetics of microcrack growth. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 55(5), 2693–2710, DOI: 10.1007/s00603-021-02577-x.
• Singh, S., Zurakowski, Z., Dai, S.,ÌýZhang, Y.^*Ìý(2021) Effect of grain crushing on hydraulic conductivity of tailings sand. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 147(12), DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002667.
• Wen, Y.,ÌýZhang, Y.^*Ìý(2021) Evidence of a Unique Critical Fabric Surface for Granular Soils. Géotechnique 73(5), 439-454, DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.21.00126.

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